David Schalk Booijsen
First on his father's 1876 death notice, and a major — and now with a date. His baptism of 4 JANUARY 1807 names his parents as PIETER JACOBUS BOOIJZEN and ANNA MARIA VAN DER MERWE, which is the only document in this archive that puts Anna Maria in the family at all. His father was eighteen when he was born. He married ADRIANA CHRISTINA VILJOEN — on 3 NOVEMBER 1828 AT CRADOCK, a date and a place this archive did not have until WikiTree was read on 13 September 2026, and FROM WIKITREE, NOT FROM A DOCUMENT THIS ARCHIVE HAS READ — and named a daughter ANNA MARIA in 1835, after his own mother. His nephew, born 1848, carries the same name — the two are told apart only by a generation.
The 1876 notice lists eight children and names no mother for any of them. They are drawn under this marriage because it is the only one recorded — not because the document says so.
The record
| Name | David Schalk Booijsen |
| Born | 12 Dec 1806, baptised 4 Jan 1807 |
| Died | — |
| Line | Booyzen |
| Confidence | Documented |
| From a tree | not documented his marriage to Adriana Christina Viljoen at Cradock on 3 November 1828 — the rest of this record rests on documents this archive has read, and that part does not. |
What the archive holds
First on his father's 1876 death notice, and a major — and now with a date. His baptism of 4 JANUARY 1807 names his parents as PIETER JACOBUS BOOIJZEN and ANNA MARIA VAN DER MERWE, which is the only document in this archive that puts Anna Maria in the family at all. His father was eighteen when he was born. He married ADRIANA CHRISTINA VILJOEN — on 3 NOVEMBER 1828 AT CRADOCK, a date and a place this archive did not have until WikiTree was read on 13 September 2026, and FROM WIKITREE, NOT FROM A DOCUMENT THIS ARCHIVE HAS READ — and named a daughter ANNA MARIA in 1835, after his own mother. His nephew, born 1848, carries the same name — the two are told apart only by a generation.
The Booyzen Archive
…c. 21 Sep 1788, Graaff-Reinet d. 1 Sep 1876, district Rustenburg × Anna Maria van der Merwe Graaff-Reinet married 1805 Graaff-Reinet documented 8 children recorded Petrus Jacobus Booysen carries the line show ↓ hide ↑ David Schalk Booijsen b. 12 Dec 1806 Magdalena Johanna Booijsen Petrus Jacobus Booysen 10 May 1812 – 1884 (probate) Carries the line Anna Eliezabet Booijsen Jan Gerthardus Lodewikus Booijsen 1818 – 25 May 1885 Eliezabet Cornelia Booijsen Hendrik Stefanus Booijsen c.…
The documents
…It still is not. But the pairing in this line is no longer an assertion, and the 1793 will can now be set aside for good rather than merely resisted. Eight children, and three names that come back All eight entered mondig — the eldest was in his sixties. Child, as written What this archive already knew David Schalk Booijsen — Magdalena Johanna Booijsen — Petrus Jacobus Booijsen generation five , b. 10 May 1812, the farmer at Zevenfontein who signed the 1863 death notice Anna Eliezabet Booijsen — Jan Gerthardus Lodewikus Booijsen — Eliezabet Cornelia Booijsen — Hendrik Stefanus Booijsen signed this notice Anna Maria Booijsen — Seven of these eight were unknown to this archive an hour ago.…
Households
…The 1876 Sterfkennis The 1876 notice lists eight children and names no mother for any of them. They are drawn under this marriage because it is the only one recorded — not because the document says so. David Schalk Booijsen b. 12 Dec 1806 Magdalena Johanna Booijsen Petrus Jacobus Booysen 10 May 1812 – 1884 (probate) the direct line Anna Eliezabet Booijsen Jan Gerthardus Lodewikus Booijsen 1818 – 25 May 1885 Eliezabet Cornelia Booijsen Hendrik Stefanus Booijsen c.…
The Marriages
…Oct 1848, district Cradock 5 Jun 1905, the Lunatic Asylum, Pretoria Charlotta Elizabetha Dormehl c. Oct 1841, Graaff-Reinet 6 Feb 1902, Driefontein, Groot Marico Coenrad Sybert van Staden — — Cornelis Philippus Roodt — — David Kolbe Booyzen — — David Schalk Booijsen 12 Dec 1806, baptised 4 Jan 1807 — David Schalk Booijzen the younger c. 1889 — David Schalk Booysen 9 Jun 1848, Cradock after Nov 1905 David Schalk Booyzen of 1940 1907 1966, ZANDFONTEIN, Pretoria — estate TAB MHG 7653/66 Diederik Arnoldus Booysen c. Aug 1887, Zwartruggens 1 Mar 1935, Voorbedacht No.…
The forenames
…Either way he stands one step from her. Anna Maria van der Merwe bapt. 5 Oct 1788 THE DOOR IT COMES THROUGH. Baptised fourteen days after the man she married. Her son is the first David Schalk in this surname. David Schalk Booijsen bapt. 4 Jan 1807 THE FIRST, and the only David Schalk in the whole first volume of the Cape genealogies — the volume that holds every Booijsen de Villiers recorded. David Schalk Booysen b. 9 Jun 1848 The second. Named for his grandfather, four decades on. David Schalk Booijzen the younger c. 1889 The third, youngest on his mother's 1900 notice. David Kolbe Booyzen m.…
The People
…GERRARD STREET IS TWO STREETS FROM CHURCH STREET. THERE WERE TWO KOLBE HOUSEHOLDS IN SOHO AT ONCE, and every Soho Kolbe record on this site has to be read against that. Whether the two families were related is not known here. The children Corrections Anna Maria Booijsen of 1835 Documented 7 Aug 1835, baptised 13 Sep 1835 — Daughter of David Schalk Booijsen and Adriana Christina Viljoen, and named for her grandmother ANNA MARIA VAN DER MERWE — the second document in this archive to carry that name forward.…
Adriana Christina Viljoen
…NOT PROVED: de Villiers records her baptism and GIVES HER NO HUSBAND, and the 1828 Cradock date is itself only on WikiTree. Right name, right age, right district, and a family already tied twice — but the weak join is the marriage record this archive has never seen. Adriana Christina Viljoen Booyzen married David Schalk Booijsen b. 12 Dec 1806 record 1 child with David Anna Maria Booijsen of 1835 b. 7 Aug 1835 record the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified All 2 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read. Named together on their daughter's baptism of 13 September 1835.…
Anna Eliezabet Booijsen
…Parents Petrus Jacobus Booysen c. 21 Sep 1788 – 1 Sep 1876 record Anna Maria van der Merwe 1785 – bef. Mar 1825 record Anna Eliezabet Booijsen Booyzen 7 siblings David Schalk Booijsen b. 12 Dec 1806 Magdalena Johanna Booijsen Petrus Jacobus Booysen 10 May 1812 – 1884 (probate) Jan Gerthardus Lodewikus Booijsen 1818 – 25 May 1885 Eliezabet Cornelia Booijsen Hendrik Stefanus Booijsen c. 1828 – 11 May 1908 Anna Maria Booijsen The 1876 notice lists eight children and names no mother for any of them.…
Anna Maria Booijsen of 1835
…Parents David Schalk Booijsen b. 12 Dec 1806 record Adriana Christina Viljoen record Anna Maria Booijsen of 1835 b.…
Anna Maria Booijsen
…Parents Petrus Jacobus Booysen c. 21 Sep 1788 – 1 Sep 1876 record Anna Maria van der Merwe 1785 – bef. Mar 1825 record Anna Maria Booijsen Booyzen 7 siblings David Schalk Booijsen b. 12 Dec 1806 Magdalena Johanna Booijsen Petrus Jacobus Booysen 10 May 1812 – 1884 (probate) Anna Eliezabet Booijsen Jan Gerthardus Lodewikus Booijsen 1818 – 25 May 1885 Eliezabet Cornelia Booijsen Hendrik Stefanus Booijsen c. 1828 – 11 May 1908 The 1876 notice lists eight children and names no mother for any of them.…
Anna Maria van der Merwe
…WHAT IS STILL NOT PROVED is that she is the mother of the 1812 man in the direct line. Anna Maria van der Merwe 1785 – bef. Mar 1825 Booyzen married Petrus Jacobus Booysen c. 21 Sep 1788 – 1 Sep 1876 record 8 children with Petrus David Schalk Booijsen b. 12 Dec 1806 record Magdalena Johanna Booijsen record Petrus Jacobus Booysen 10 May 1812 – 1884 (probate) direct line Anna Eliezabet Booijsen record Jan Gerthardus Lodewikus Booijsen 1818 – 25 May 1885 record Eliezabet Cornelia Booijsen record Hendrik Stefanus Booijsen c.…
David Schalk Booijsen
…His baptism of 4 JANUARY 1807 names his parents as PIETER JACOBUS BOOIJZEN and ANNA MARIA VAN DER MERWE, which is the only document in this archive that puts Anna Maria in the family at all. His father was eighteen when he was born.…
Eliezabet Cornelia Booijsen
…Parents Petrus Jacobus Booysen c. 21 Sep 1788 – 1 Sep 1876 record Anna Maria van der Merwe 1785 – bef. Mar 1825 record Eliezabet Cornelia Booijsen Booyzen 7 siblings David Schalk Booijsen b. 12 Dec 1806 Magdalena Johanna Booijsen Petrus Jacobus Booysen 10 May 1812 – 1884 (probate) Anna Eliezabet Booijsen Jan Gerthardus Lodewikus Booijsen 1818 – 25 May 1885 Hendrik Stefanus Booijsen c. 1828 – 11 May 1908 Anna Maria Booijsen The 1876 notice lists eight children and names no mother for any of them.…
Hendrik Stefanus Booijsen
…1908 record Ockert Johannes Stephanus Booysen 15 Sep 1852 – 16 Jan 1921 record Anna Johanna Maria Booijsen record Elesabettha Maria Cornelya Booijsen record Aletta Catharina Johanna Venter record Magdalena Johanna Booijsen of Brakfontein record Hendrik Stefanus Nicolaas Booijsen c. 31 Jan 1862 – 14 May 1891 record 7 siblings David Schalk Booijsen b. 12 Dec 1806 Magdalena Johanna Booijsen Petrus Jacobus Booysen 10 May 1812 – 1884 (probate) Anna Eliezabet Booijsen Jan Gerthardus Lodewikus Booijsen 1818 – 25 May 1885 Eliezabet Cornelia Booijsen Anna Maria Booijsen The 1876 notice lists eight children and names no mother for any of them.…
Jan Gerthardus Lodewikus Booijsen
…He is how this family reaches the western Transvaal. Parents Petrus Jacobus Booysen c. 21 Sep 1788 – 1 Sep 1876 record Anna Maria van der Merwe 1785 – bef. Mar 1825 record Jan Gerthardus Lodewikus Booijsen 1818 – 25 May 1885 Booyzen 1 child Magdalena Susanna Maria van den Berg c. Aug 1860 – 1 May 1920 record 7 siblings David Schalk Booijsen b. 12 Dec 1806 Magdalena Johanna Booijsen Petrus Jacobus Booysen 10 May 1812 – 1884 (probate) Anna Eliezabet Booijsen Eliezabet Cornelia Booijsen Hendrik Stefanus Booijsen c. 1828 – 11 May 1908 Anna Maria Booijsen The 1876 notice lists eight children and names no mother for any of them. They are drawn under this marriage because it is the only one recorded — not because the document says so.…
Magdalena Johanna Booijsen
…A niece born 1853 carries the name again. Parents Petrus Jacobus Booysen c. 21 Sep 1788 – 1 Sep 1876 record Anna Maria van der Merwe 1785 – bef. Mar 1825 record Magdalena Johanna Booijsen Booyzen 7 siblings David Schalk Booijsen b. 12 Dec 1806 Petrus Jacobus Booysen 10 May 1812 – 1884 (probate) Anna Eliezabet Booijsen Jan Gerthardus Lodewikus Booijsen 1818 – 25 May 1885 Eliezabet Cornelia Booijsen Hendrik Stefanus Booijsen c. 1828 – 11 May 1908 Anna Maria Booijsen The 1876 notice lists eight children and names no mother for any of them.…
Petrus Jacobus Booysen
…21 Sep 1788 – 1 Sep 1876 generation 6 — see the spine → married Anna Maria van der Merwe 1785 – bef. Mar 1825 record married Elizabetha van der Merwe record 8 children with Anna David Schalk Booijsen b. 12 Dec 1806 record Magdalena Johanna Booijsen record Petrus Jacobus Booysen 10 May 1812 – 1884 (probate) direct line Anna Eliezabet Booijsen record Jan Gerthardus Lodewikus Booijsen 1818 – 25 May 1885 record Eliezabet Cornelia Booijsen record Hendrik Stefanus Booijsen c. 1828 – 11 May 1908 record Anna Maria Booijsen record 1 child with Elizabetha Hendrik Stefanus Booijsen c.…
The Register
…rmed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Anna Margretha Booijsen Membership 05 Sep 1864 Smithfield, Orange Free State, South Africa record ↗ South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956 Anna Maria Booijsen Baptism 13 Sep 1835 Western Cape, South Africa | Birth 7 Aug 1835 · with: Adriana Gustina Viljoen · David Schalk Booijsen record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Anna Maria Booijsen with: Gerhardus Rudolf Christian Posthemus record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Anna Maria Booijsen with: Jeremias Cornelis Puren · Jeremias Cornelis Puren record ↗ South Africa, Netherdutch Reformed Church Registers (Pretoria Archive), 1838-…
Sources
…Where it is ahead of this archive What WikiTree holds What this archive held Heese, Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagsregisters , Deel 1, p. 331 Question 0 named the published Geslagsregisters as the route left for generation seven and this page marked it "Not yet followed" . There was no page number. Now there is one. David Schalk Booijsen married Adriana Christina Viljoen, 3 November 1828, Cradock The wife, but not the marriage — no date and no place. Henry James Booyzen born 12 August 1887 ; married Dorothea Regina Barry 17 June 1912 at Elliot "c. 1887", worked back from age 69 on a burial register, and "in 1912" with no day and no church.…
The Timeline
…Her son is FIRST OF THE EIGHT on the 1876 Sterfkennis, and his father was eighteen when he was born. It also resolves a contradiction marked Serious: they were married by 1806, so the 1805 marriage at Graaff-Reinet stands and the 1825 Cape Town record is a different couple. David Schalk Booijsen Anna Maria van der Merwe Petrus Jacobus Booysen Graaff-Reinet 5 Apr 1807 Life Anna Catharina Slier marries Hermanus Pietersen At nineteen. Two sons — Willem Hermanus in 1809 and Johan Christiaan in 1810 — and a widow by March 1817, when she married James Montjoy.…
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